Originally Posted by
milesofsmiles
I think that was my main mistake when I started, too much too fast and not doing right what I did do.
I am looking into the "toe out" possibility. It looks like my feet are pointed out too far. So I am going to really check into this because it could help me just in cycling but in walking to. I use a inversion table for my back and neck and that helps a lot because my posture isn't the greatest but I hadn't considered my feet. I can see how pedal extensions help keep your feet in line.
"In line" with your toe out posture
IF that's one of your problems. It simply accommodates the posture. My own back is just a little crooked and it transfers down to the feet. I never realized it until I started wearing the old fashioned slotted cleats with caged quill road pedals and started grinding my knees raw. So a friend who owned a bike shop had me bring my bike down and used a "fit kit" to get the cleats just right.....pretty radically angled especially on my right side.
If you don't ride with clipless or cleats of any kind,
Here are some nice wide touring pedals for guys with big feet and/or toe-out. You could use toe clips with those too for faster cadence riding.